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4/21/2022 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - Racial Disparity in Pediatric and Surgical Outcomes: Why we should all be disparity researchers

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: 

  • Describe the history and epidemiology of racial disparity in pediatric health.
  • Discuss the prevailing data on pediatric perioperative disparity in outcomes.
  • Identify and adequately address possible solutions to pediatric surgical health disparities.

Joint Accreditation Statement -Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements: & Suggested Additional Reading:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.


Suggested Additional Reading

  • Willer BL, Mpody C, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Association of Race and Family Socioeconomic Status With Pediatric Postoperative Mortality. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Mar 1;5(3):e222989. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.2989. PMID: 35302629; PMCID: PMC8933731.
  • Mpody C, Willer B, Owusu-Bediako E, Kemper AR, Tobias JD, Nafiu OO. Economic Trends of Racial Disparities in Pediatric Postappendectomy Complications. Pediatrics. 2021 Oct;148(4):e2021051328. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-051328. Epub 2021 Sep 16. PMID: 34531291.
  • Nafiu OO, Mpody C, Kim SS, Uffman JC, Tobias JD. Race, Postoperative Complications, and Death in Apparently Healthy Children. Pediatrics. 2020 Aug;146(2):e20194113. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-4113. Epub 2020 Jul 20. PMID: 32690804.

Authors:
Olubukola (Bukky) Nafiu, MD, FRCA, MS — Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.